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Oranjestad vs Punta del Este

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Under balanced weights Oranjestad edges it, 71 to 65, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Oranjestad is stronger on safety; Punta del Este on visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 15.4 of 71 points (scores 92/100)Internet: 11.8 of 71 points (scores 71/100)Visa ease: 10.1 of 71 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 8.4 of 71 points (scores 50/100)Climate: 11.1 of 71 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 14.6 of 71 points (scores 87/100)71
Oranjestad
out of 100

Dutch Caribbean capital outside the hurricane belt

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Cost of living: 3.7 of 65 points (scores 33/100)Safety: 7.1 of 65 points (scores 64/100)Healthcare: 8.5 of 65 points (scores 77/100)Internet: 8.9 of 65 points (scores 80/100)Visa ease: 7.9 of 65 points (scores 71/100)Getting there & around: 4.9 of 65 points (scores 44/100)Climate: 6.5 of 65 points (scores 58/100)Air quality: 9.8 of 65 points (scores 88/100)Quality of life: 8.0 of 65 points (scores 72/100)65
Punta del Este
out of 100

South America's Riviera, quiet outside January

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricOranjestadPunta del Este
Cost of livingno data33
Safety92 ✓64
Healthcareno data77
Internet7180 ✓
Visa ease6171 ✓
Getting there & around50 ✓44
Climate67 ✓58
Air quality8788 ✓
Quality of lifeno data72

Cost

MetricOranjestadPunta del Este
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$2,006
Central one-bedroom rentno data$1,055

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricOranjestadPunta del Este
Homicides per 100kno data11.28
Political stability (0–100)87.888.4 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)no data85
Life expectancyno data75 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricOranjestadPunta del Este
Download45.5 Mbps64.4 Mbps ✓
Upload9.4 Mbps27.5 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricOranjestadPunta del Este
Nomad visanone listedDigital nomad permit (Hoja de Identidad Provisoria) ✓
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days90 days
Entry, EU passportunlimited ✓90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricOranjestadPunta del Este
Non-stop airport destinations35 ✓19
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricOranjestadPunta del Este
Comfortable months per year8 ✓7
Annual mean PM2.510.7 µg/m³10.5 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Oranjestad or Punta del Este?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Oranjestad or Punta del Este safer?
Oranjestad scores higher on safety (92 vs 64), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Oranjestad or Punta del Este?
Punta del Este: a measured median of 64.4 Mbps versus 45.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.